Frameset - undermine-v

Predicate: undermine

undermine: Frames file for 'undermine' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.

Roleset id: undermine.01 , weaken, not quantifiable, vncls: , framnet: Subversion

undermine.01: "Not quantifiable" means that undermine cannot take EXT, start or end point arguments, unlike weaken. (Although I think certain example sentences might completely undermine the argument about not taking EXT.) No Verbnet entry. Comparison with weaken.

Roles:

Arg0: causal agent
Arg1: thing weakening

Example: active

        person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full

        The index was under pressure for most of the morning over concerns
        that the effects of Tuesday night's major earthquake in the San
        Francisco area would undermine the U.S. market.

        Arg0: the effects of Tuesday night's major earthquake in the San Francisco area
        Argm-mod: would
        Rel: undermine
        Arg1: the U.S. market

Example: passive

        person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle

        He argues that [efforts to firm up prices]-1 will be undermined
        *trace*-1 by producers' plans to expand production capacity.

        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: undermined
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by producers' plans to expand production capacity